15 rounds at 15 yards - G19

I've noticed some guns seem to do very well up close but fall apart at longer ranges.
I know it's an edge-case situation and most of the utility for these weapons as-designed is well-served by the 5-15yard range but I'd be interested to know how folks have found your Glocks to perform at 25/50 yds?

I shoot my G23 regularly at 25 yards since our department's course of fire for semi-annual qualifications includes shooting at the 3,7,15, and 25 yard line. When I do my part the G23 does quite well at that distance, I can do 10 for 10 on a eight inch steel plate at 25 if I take my time.
 
Congrats on your G19 Gen 5. That's some mighty fine shootin'. I have a G19 Gen5 as well and I am finding that it is probably my favorite Glock. Glocks may not be the prettiest girl at the dance or have the most bells and whistles but you can't deny that they generally just work. I carried a G27 for several years when I worked CID prior to my retirement and I never had a single issue with it.
 
Great shooting.

My old eyes are pretty picky about sights beyond 10 yards. The Glock factory 'ball in a bucket' and everybody's favorite 3 dot set up work great for me at short range where most of our defensive practice is focused, but not so well farther out. I have decided that 3 dots actually distract from my front sight focus.

I have gone to the Ameriglo I Dot Pro. They have a high visibility front sight with a tritium dot and a single small tritium dot at the base of the rear sight notch. The 'wings' of the rear sight are plain black and the notch is wide. This gives a traditional target sight picture for precise shooting at long range and a fast 'flash' sight picture at short range. In daylight the small rear sight tritium dot is not even noticed. In low light you just line up those dots like the old Novak 'Straight Eights'.

Once I switched to these sights I found I could shoot just as well with my Glocks at long range as I can with my Smith wheel guns.

10 rounds slow fire from 25 yards is one of our regular drills. When we did a 'walk back' last year on a 1/2 size IPSC sil, the striker fired crowd did well: I went out at 130 yards, another Glock shooter missed at 135 and the winner, shooting a Walther after making his hit at 135, moved back to 140 and rang the steel 1 more time just to prove a point. The 1911 guys had all gone out between 90 and 110.
 
The guide rod assembly is definitely not a weak point, but if it makes you feel better?

I've got a P80 G19 that's my funnest handgun to shoot. Not my favorite, but always a good time.
20180223_135033 by Slick_Rick77, on Flickr

It's all Glock except for the frame and sights.
 
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